Waxing attachment for floor polishers



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wAxING ATTACHMENT FOR FLOOR P'oLIsHERs Filed Feb. 12,- 1924 Vif i y machine is in operation.

f Patented Feb. z5, i930Y Unirse STATE-s PATNT :oFFicEf LYLE N. GILLIS, OF ROSE CREST, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR, BY `DIREGT AND MESNE .AS-'i SIG-NMENTS, OF ONE-HALF 'IOv THE FLOOROLA CORPORATION, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A CORPORATION OF DELAW'ARE, ANI) ONE-HALF TO ERNEST J. NEW- GOMER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND WAEIING ATTACHMENT FOR .FLOOR `wPOLISI-IERS Application filed February 12, 1924. Serial No. 692,297.

rlhis invention relates to floor polishing machines of the vtype wherein rotary brushes are used.

More especially the invention relates to 5 waxing devices for floor polisliers.

One important object of the invention is'to provide an improved form of waxing device wherein waX will be automatically fed to the floor or other surface to be waxed while the A second important object of the invention is to provide a waxing pad capable of being l substituted for the rotary brushes and having improved means and construction for delivering waX to the floor.

is to .provide a device of this description wherein wax will be forcibly ejected from the container while the latter is revolving.

With the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in general of certain novel details of `construction and combinations of parts 'hereinafter fully described, illustratedv in the accompanying drawings andspecifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and:

Figure 1 is a plan view of one section of the particular construction in this device.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vbottom plan view of the device, a portion of the covering being broken away to show the construction.

In the embodiment of the invention herein illustrated there is provided a carrier 10 which is here shown as being of such form as to enable the same to be used in connection with my floor polishing machine of the type shown in my prior application for patent filed September 7, 1923, Serial Number 661,424.

0n the bottoni of this carrier block 10 is ay is provided with suitable bayonet slots 14 to' enable the cylinder to be quickly engaged or disengaged from pins 15 on the edge of the A third important object of the invention disc 11. Within this cylinder 12 is a follower plate 16 and between the plate and disc 11 is a pressure spring 17. Ove-r the bottom of the' cylinder is stretched a porous fabricpad 18, the same being held on the cylinder by any suitable means, as for instance the band wires 19. Vifhile the carrier has here been shown as speciically adapted for use with my particular type of iioorpolishing machine it will be obvious that other means for'` attaching the device to the floor polisher may be used and while, as thespecic means for attachment to the floor polisher does not form part of this present invention it is noty deemed necessary to show the various manners of attachment.

It will be observed that the size of the openings in the bottom of the container or cylin-. der 12 andthe strength of the spring 17 must be so regulated that under all conditionsV of use the wax in the container willbe forced out through these openings regardless of the centrifugal action caused by the rapid rotation of the device.y

In use'the container is filled with wax'as shown in Figure 2, thedevice is then applied tothe machine and when the machine is started and moved over the floor, the waX will be foi-ced out of the openings in the bottom and through the porous pad and be distributed equally over the floor.

rThere has thus been provided a'simple and etlicient device of the kind described and for vthe purpose specified. f

It is .obvious that minor changesmay be' made in `theformand construction of the in! Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A wax distributor for floor polishing machines comprising a cylindrical base adapted to be secured to a revolving shaft of the'floor polisher, a wax container consisting of a cylindrical can having an open top wherein said base fits and mounted detachably onl said base and having a perforated bottom, a

pad of material adapted to permit passage of wax therethrough beneath the bottom of the container, and means within the container for forcing the contents to the bottom and through the perforations therein.

2. A waX distributor for floor polishing machines comprising a cylindrical'base adapted to be secured to a revolving shaft of the floor polisher, a wax container consisting of a cylindrical can having an open top wherein said base fits and mounted detachably on said base and having a perforated bottom, a pad of material adapted to permit passage of wax therethrough beneath the bottom of the container, a follower plate in the container over its contents, and means to force said follower plate downward.

3. A wax distributor for floor polishing machines comprising a base adapted to be se- 1 cured to a revolving shaft of the floor polisher, a wax container mounted detachably on said base and having a perforated bottom, aJ pad of material adapted to permit passage of wax therethrough beneath the bottom of the container, a follower plate in the container over its contents, and a coiled compression spring interposed between said base aill follower plate.

il. A wax distributor comprising a base adapted to be secured to a floor polishing machine, a wax container having an open top adapted to interfit with said base and removv ably secured thereto, said container having a perforated bottom fixed thereto, a pad of material secured over the bottom and adapted to permit the wax to pass therethrough, and means within the container for normally tending to force the 'wax outward.

5. A waX distributor Comprising a base adapted to be secured to a floor polishing machine, a wax container having an open top to fit said base and removably secured thereto, said container having a perforated bottom plate fixed thereto, a pad of material secured over the bottom plate and adapted to permit the Wax to pass therethrough, the wax being disposed within the container in contact with the bottom plate, a follower bearing against the wax, and a compression spring interposed between the follower plate and the base and acting on the follower plate to force the wax outwardly. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LYLE N. GILLIS. 

